Grandma's Olde Tyme Dill-Dough

Grandma made an excellent dill-weed bread dough that she used for bread and dinner rolls. We always used to fight to get a roll before my Uncle Dilbert (No, I'm not making that up!) took more than his fair share. While Grandma was brilliant in the kitchen she wasn't the best at marketing. Grandma's Olde Tyme Dill-Dough, or "got dill-dough" was her lever idea for her dream of one day selling her dough in grocery stores. Grandma's gone now, but recipe lives on in this blog.

In a mixing bowl, combine cream cheese, sugar, scallions, melted butter, egg, salt, and dillweed. Add flour, a little at a time, and beat until well mixed. Cover with a tea towel and let rise in a warm place until dough doubles.

Punch down and form the dough into a lightly greased and floured loaf pan for bread loaf. Cover with tea towel and allow to rise until dough doubles again. OR divide dough into 1" balls and drop three balls each opening in a lightly greased and floured muffin pan. Cover with tea towel and allow to rise until dough doubles again.

Bake loaf for 30 to 45 minutes and rolls for 20 to 30 minutes at 350F.

While warm, brush the loaf with soft butter and sprinkle with coarse salt (Optional).

Thursday, October 1, 2009

Grandma would be so tickled to know how many people are enjoying her dill-dough recipe, and how many more are sporting her "Got Dill-Dough" Tees! It was her idea to abreviate "Grandma's Olde Tyme" with the acronym G.O.T. and the shirts (available at http://www.zazzle.com/got_dilldough ) tell the story quite well.